Posted on 12/28/2012 5:55:19 AM PST by PJ-Comix
The McDonald's McRib is back, hitting restaurants nationwide today. The legendary boneless pork sandwich, famously molded to resemble a rack of ribs, is both a feat of modern engineering and shrewd marketing.
It garners almost as much attention for its pseudo-meat shape as its impermanence on restaurant menus.
The barbecue-sauce-smothered sandwich was supposed to return at the end of October, but was pushed back to help boost end-of-the-year sales.
Better late than never.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
Years ago I found a Big Mac was good for a hangover. Just like eating predigested food.
My hubby sends me to Micky Ds for these sandwiches—he loves them.
Ever take the sauce off and taste the bare patty?
None - no taste whatsoever. All the flavor is in the sauce.
We used to have a clone of the at West Point, called Barbeque Ribs McBurton. No idea which came first.
Somewhere, Clark W. Griswold is smiling with his generous Christmas bonus.
When I was a kid I had a buddy working at McDonalds. I remember him describing the McRib for us from his training, shortly before it was put on the menu. We all thought it was just about the most disgusting thing we’d ever heard of.
Have to say, thanks to his very vivid descriptions I have never eaten one.
Yes but as a scruffy looking Bo Dietl earnestly tells us at least the stuff in the sandwich is cut with a meat slicer.
This may be the silliest ad campaign I’ve ever seen.
You should buy a sandwich at our store.
Why?
Because we use a meat slicer.
Ok.
Anyone catch the subtle slander? The article claims that the McRib is made out of “restructured meat technology,” which it, in turn says is made out of heart, scalded stomach and tripe. That struck me odd, since I’ve tasted heart and tripe, and couldn’t picture that being made into a McRib. Turns out, that “restructured meat technology” MAY INCLUDE these, but typically consists more of traditional skeletal muscle meat.
Anyone catch the subtle slander? The article claims that the McRib is made out of “restructured meat technology,” which it, in turn says is made out of heart, scalded stomach and tripe. That struck me odd, since I’ve tasted heart and tripe, and couldn’t picture that being made into a McRib. Turns out, that “restructured meat technology” MAY INCLUDE these, but typically consists more of traditional skeletal muscle meat.
(The article’s use of “contains” is confusing.)
The Mickey D’s in Philly airport had these on sale last week. Finally, something more disgusting than a South Philly cheesesteak - and with less actual food content.
Easy for me to avoid. I never eat at McDonalds. Don’t like their food. I have never had one of these things.
I would guess, as to who placed those comments, it was someone from the PR department at jack in the box.
I recently went into an Arby’s...and the slicing was going on right behind the counter. I think part of the ad campaign included moving the slicers into view of the customers.
It was kind of a performance art...watching the guy steadily slicing for people’s sandwiches.
Its kind of like fake woodgrain...surprisingly, most people won’t notice it isn’t real.
Arby's does use real roast beef. This is an urban legend...
Well, whatever they are now, they sure are yummy. So serve me up some fake Arby's roast beef with the red barbecue sauce. (I don't even do fast food, but an Arby's is a rare treat).
They actually use real roast beef again.
Oh, there is now beef in Arby’s sandwiches...along with a lot of other stuff. However, it is not PURE roast beef like it once was.
And they are really pushing the turkey now because apparently even roast beef made with restructured meat technology is getting too expensive.
ping
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